Linda Hardin is national coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene’s single adult ministries.

Advance USA promotes Judeo-Christian religious values. It is based in Independence, Mo., and maintains a Washington, D.C. office.

Stephen C. Berkwitz wrote “History and Gratitude in Theravada Buddhism,” which appeared in the September 2003 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. He heads the department of religious studies at Missouri State University in Springfield.

Kerry Wynn is adjunct instructor in political science, philosophy and religion at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He chairs the school’s Disability Advisory Council, acts as liaison to campus ministries and is a former co-chairman of the American Academy of Religion’s Religion and Disabilities Study Group.

Pathways to Promise is a St. Louis-based interfaith cooperative that provides resources for congregations to respond to mental illness in families. Craig Rennebohm is senior adviser.

Practical Homeschooling Magazine, a Christian-oriented magazine and site based in Fenton, Mo., claims more than 100,000 readers.

David Kratz Mathies is an assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. He teaches an ethics course in which students examine and debate contemporary moral issues, including gun control.

The Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City, Mo., teaches Buddhist tradition and Tibetan culture and to increase cultural understanding between the East and the Western world. Gabi Otto is the executive director. Email through the website.

Michael Rickenbaker is the general chaplain of Christian Prisoner Fellowship in Hazelwood, Mo. The Pentecostal-based ministry has an outreach program to juvenile offenders.